About Us
The Small Business Development Center
Our program is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive small business assistance network in the United States and its territories.
This nationwide program has been in existence for almost 40 years. The program is designed to assist small businesses as they create jobs and provide new innovations for improving our economy and lifestyle. The assistance includes financial management, helping to access capital through business plan development, regulation advice, marketing, management and preparing for changes in the economy and technology.
The Northwest Texas SBDC program extends to over a 95-county area with six centers to serve the location near you. Your local center is available to provide no-cost business consulting and low-cost training to new and existing businesses. Small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs can go to their local SBDCs for FREE face-to-face business confidential advising and at-cost training on a variety of topics. It is as simple as a phone call to make an appointment.
The Northwest Texas SBDC group is hosted by leading universities and funded in part by the State of Texas and the United States Congress through a partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Learn more about how SBDCs help your businesses start, grow, and thrive.
Advisory Board Members
Ken Becker
President
Retired Executive Director of Sweetwater Enterprise for Economic Development
Dr. Scott Manley
Vice-President
MSU Dillard College of Business Administration Associate Professor of Management and Marketing, Director of Lalani Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise
Sarah Bauman
Secretary
Communications Manager at Dairy MAX Inc.
Werner G. Kuhr PH.D.
Permanent Member
Associate Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Texas Tech University’s Office of Research and Innovation
Carla Holland
Permanent Member
SBDC Executive Director
Northwest Texas SBDC State Office Team
Meet our talented Northwest Texas SBDC State Office Team, who is dedicated to supporting the growth and success of small businesses throughout Northwest Texas.
Carla Holland
Executive Director
Randy Burch
Associate Managing Director
Huey M. Lee
Director of Special Projects
Walter Lambert
Business Intelligence Specialist
Amalia Villalobos
Finance Director
Raquel Aguirre
Executive Associate
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Texas Tech University
Werner G. Kuhr, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Texas Tech University’s Office of Research and Innovation
Carla Holland
Executive Director
Texas Tech University’s SBDC at Lubbock
Mike L. Phelps
Executive Vice President Peoples Bank
Natalie Inderman
Salon Sculpt, LLC Owner
Texas Tech University’s SBDC at Abilene
Ken Becker
Retired Executive Director of Sweetwater Enterprise for Economic Development
Casjen Rico
First Financial Bank Abilene AVP
University of Texas Permian Basin
Patrick S. Canty
Odessa American Publisher
Wayne Counts, Ph.D.
Associate Dean COBA/UTPB
West Texas A&M University
Tony Freeman
Former GM, and Sales Manager of Cenveo
Holly Jeffreys
DNP APRN FNP-BC, Family Care Clinic
Midwestern State University
Dr. Scott Manley
MSU Dillard College of Business Administration Associate Professor of Management and Marketing, Director of Lalani Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise
Roy Davoult
Owner Boulder Designs/Border Magic
Tarleton State University
Sarah Bauman
Communications Manager at Dairy MAX Inc.
Sue Joiner Ph.D.
TSU Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor
